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===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
* [[January 10]]: [[Bobby Humphryes]] | * [[January 10]]: [[Bobby Humphryes]] | ||
* [[January 31]]:[[Roy Hobbs]] | |||
* [[February 10]]: [[Ervin Batain]] | * [[February 10]]: [[Ervin Batain]] | ||
* [[Emanuel Bell]] | * [[February 21]]:[[Sundra Escott]] | ||
* [[April 12]]:[[Dave Hanson]] | |||
* [[May 6]]: [[Joseph Boohaker]] | |||
* [[July 13]]: [[Nick Derzis]] | |||
* [[August 31]]: [[Henry David DeBardeleben]] | |||
* [[September 7]]:[[Michael Emerson]] | |||
* [[September 16]]: [[David Cutcliffe]] | |||
* [[September 16]]:[[Pat DuPré]] | |||
* [[October 29]]:[[Herman Frazier]] | |||
* [[December 23]]: [[Emanuel Bell]] | |||
* [[William B. Blount]] | * [[William B. Blount]] | ||
* [[Walter Braswell]] | * [[Walter Braswell]] | ||
* [[Ed Brock]] | * [[Ed Brock]] | ||
* [[Ronald Cheatham]] | * [[Ronald Cheatham]] | ||
* [[Phil Dodd]] | * [[Phil Dodd]] | ||
* [[David Harwell]] | * [[David Harwell]] | ||
* [[Don Harwell]] | * [[Don Harwell]] | ||
* [[Greg Hays]] | * [[Greg Hays]] | ||
* [[Patricia Humes]] | * [[Patricia Humes]] | ||
* [[Chuck Hunter]] | * [[Chuck Hunter]] | ||
Revision as of 12:40, 11 December 2020
1954 was the 83rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.
Events
Business
Establishments
- March 15: Cliff's Clubhouse children's program debuted on WABT-TV
- March 22: The "Panorama" local news program debuted on WBRC-TV
- April 24: Rumore's Record Rack
- May 16: * Shades Crest Baptist Church
- Summer: Pickwick Players theater company
- Aldridge Garden Shop moved from Bessemer to Redmont
- American States' Rights Association, led by Senator Hugh Morrow
- Birmingham Area Educational TV Association
- Dale Serrano Dance Studios
- First Baptist Church of Hoover
- Fuller Thompson Olds Architects
- The second iteration of Gaslight Theatre
- Holiday Inn first opened in the Birmingham District
- Doane Petcare of Tennessee opened its Birmingham plant
- WABT television station went on the air
Disestablishments
Government
- Bull Connor attempted and failed to become Governor of Alabama
Education
Religion
Sports
Individuals
Births
- January 10: Bobby Humphryes
- January 31:Roy Hobbs
- February 10: Ervin Batain
- February 21:Sundra Escott
- April 12:Dave Hanson
- May 6: Joseph Boohaker
- July 13: Nick Derzis
- August 31: Henry David DeBardeleben
- September 7:Michael Emerson
- September 16: David Cutcliffe
- September 16:Pat DuPré
- October 29:Herman Frazier
- December 23: Emanuel Bell
- William B. Blount
- Walter Braswell
- Ed Brock
- Ronald Cheatham
- Phil Dodd
- David Harwell
- Don Harwell
- Greg Hays
- Patricia Humes
- Chuck Hunter
- Lanny Jackson
- Tamara Johnson
- Doug Jones
- Marcus A. Jones III
- Rickey Kennedy
- Joe Knight
- Java Lewis
- Trey Lott
- Andrew Manis
- Don MacDermott
- Mike Miles
- Daniel Moore
- Kate Nielsen
- Mike O'Berry
- James Perryman
- Kim Price
- Condoleezza Rice
- Ron Sparks
- Frank Stitt
- Teresa Thorne
- Allan Trippe
- Tommy Tuberville
- Annetta Verin
- Gary Weinberger
- Chuck Wingate
Marriages
Awards
Graduations
Retirements
Deaths
- See also: List of homicides in 1954
Works
- Erskine Hawkins began recording for Decca Records
Books
Buildings
- A. G. Gaston Motel
- All Saints Episcopal Church
- Cahaba Park Apartments
- Curry Elementary School
- Don Drennen Overpass
- Holiday Inn on Bessemer Super Highway
- Joy Young Restaurant remodel
- Mars Petcare
- St Barnabas Catholic Church
- Southern Life & Health Insurance building
- Southern Toy Co.
- State Farm Mutual building
- Tidwell Hall
- WBRC studio building
- Woodlawn High School's "delta-shaped" two-story band and shop building
Context
| 1950s |
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